jhausch
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Thanks again to Nick for the help with DBAN. As luck would have it, the HDD on the new laptop crashed 2 days ago. Unable to recover any files - I've only lost (I think) one week of data - so I am debating on whether or not I want to spring for the $600 crap-shoot clean room recovery. They will give you a list of what they found and were able to recover; if you don't see what you want on that list you don't pay.
So - tip #1: avoid the new low-cost Lenovo think pads.
With the first PC, I learned that W7 64 Home caused some grief for apps I need to run. On round 2 with the same make and model, I bought the W7 64 bit upgrade. Still had problems.
So, now, with the new laptop (new make and model this time), I want to go from 64 bit to 32 bit. The laptop comes with 64 Home, I bought the full discs to install 32 or 64 Pro.
I first made a system image of this new laptop using 3 DVD's. I then made a system recovery disk with another DVD.
I then booted from the 32 bit Pro disc. I deleted all the partitions it would let me. It next asked me about creating a new partition, but I was not sure what size to use so I used the default. It went through all the itterations, but now I don't think I have any drivers for any devices on this laptop. The display looks funny and I don't think there are any network device drivers (wired or wireless)
Anyone out there have some time to give me a little guidance?
(I am typing this on my 5 year old laptop running XP. It's just gotten so slow) . . .
So - tip #1: avoid the new low-cost Lenovo think pads.
With the first PC, I learned that W7 64 Home caused some grief for apps I need to run. On round 2 with the same make and model, I bought the W7 64 bit upgrade. Still had problems.
So, now, with the new laptop (new make and model this time), I want to go from 64 bit to 32 bit. The laptop comes with 64 Home, I bought the full discs to install 32 or 64 Pro.
I first made a system image of this new laptop using 3 DVD's. I then made a system recovery disk with another DVD.
I then booted from the 32 bit Pro disc. I deleted all the partitions it would let me. It next asked me about creating a new partition, but I was not sure what size to use so I used the default. It went through all the itterations, but now I don't think I have any drivers for any devices on this laptop. The display looks funny and I don't think there are any network device drivers (wired or wireless)
Anyone out there have some time to give me a little guidance?
(I am typing this on my 5 year old laptop running XP. It's just gotten so slow) . . .